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Welcome to this slow cooker/crockpot blog. I believe slow cookers are the best thing to happen to modern day cooks. I used mine often when I worked outside the home and continue to do so even in retirement. It is so nice to put food on and forget about it. Slow cookers also allow us to cook many things we would normally have to use the oven for; what a relief in hot Texas weather! Some of these recipes are mine, many are ones I have collected over the years.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

RICE BEEF STEW

1 onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

3 1/2 cupspeeled, cubed potatoes

1 1/2 cupschopped cabbage

3 carrots, peeled and sliced

1/4 cupuncooked long-grain white rice

1 poundbeef, trimmed of fat and cut into small bite-size pieces

1 1/2 cupsbeef broth

3/4 cupred wine or water

1/4 cupketchup

1 1/2 teaspoonsdried thyme

1 teaspoonchili powder

1/2 teaspoondry mustard

1/4 teaspoonpepper

In a slow cooker or crockpot, combine the onion, garlic, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, rice, and beef.